Our History
An overview of how we have grown since 1956.
Jewish Deaf Congress is dedicated to the inclusion of Deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the Jewish community. Join us!
The Jewish Deaf Congress, Inc., today is a vibrant organization, serving persons who are Jewish and Deaf primarily in North America. JDC, Inc., also serves Jewish deaf and hard of hearing persons all over the world through our biennial conferences. We encourage in our community pluralism – whether Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, or Orthodox – we are all an essential part of Klal Yisrael – the worldwide community of Jewry. We invite you to get to know us.
Blog Posts
Surveys and updates are located here.
Conferences
Video summaries and upcoming conferences.
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JDC Ad-Hoc Committee Co-Chairs
Quotes from the co-chairs of the AdHoc Committee to encourage you to join and support Jewish Deaf Congress.
It is our goal to revive Jewish Deaf Congress (JDC) so that it can continue its mission to ensure that the Deaf Jewish population can stay in touch with Deaf Jewish people, maintain our Jewish heritage and meet our religious needs. We hope to revive some of the activities that were previously offered by old National Congress of Jewish Deaf and Jewish Deaf Congress, and to host a conference where deaf Jewish people can meet old friends, make new friends, learn, share, and socialize.
The Jewish Deaf Congress (JDC) was set up to meet the spiritual, social and informational needs of Deaf Jewish people in 1958. Sixty years later, there is a clear need for JDC to be restructured and revitalized, with vibrant leadership and technology, for today’s changing and mobile society especially for Deaf Jewish people. The JDC ad hoc committee was set up for this purpose; now we need your input, involvement and support to make this happen. Do contact us and let us know what you’d like to see on this website and for JDC. Thank you.